!! Literature

* TheScrappy:
** Some readers see Emily as pathetic and her "plight" is often dismissed as not being severe enough (if a plight at all) to justify her deciding to commit suicide and end her life altogether due to it affecting her ''that'' much. She is also sometimes seen as selfish, for not thinking of how her demise would affect others.
** Chris is sometimes vilified for not doing anything to stop Emily from killing herself until the end (and not telling an adult of her planned suicide), naively believing that he alone could stop her at the last moment.
** Barrie Delaney is sometimes seen as unsympathetic for wanting to punish a minor because of what appears to be a petty rivalry between her and Jordan, jumping to conclusions and seeking to have - for the most part - a disregard for others' feelings in favor of cold, hard facts.